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Look who they are giving us now. What do they think, we’re stupid?” Scott Kanas, who works at a Chrysler truck plant in Michigan, said, talking about Mitt Romney.
“Now he’s Michigan’s son, before he told us to kiss his ass. He has no loyalty. His loyalty is to the almighty buck.
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— WARREN, Mich. | If you want a sense of the challenges Mitt Romney and the GOP have in Michigan, you could learn a lot from standing on the corner of Mound and East 9 Mile roads in suburban Detroit, Dante Chinni reports. (via newshour)
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I realize this probably sounds a bit ridiculous, but this is the day I tend to feel the most homesick and really miss living in Michigan. Growing up in an area with lots of Polish bakeries, and myself coming from a very Polish family (on my mom’s side), it was a pretty special day. My parents have ALWAYS been ungodly healthy and I grew up in a household where there were never ANY snacks of any kind (the exception: popcorn. WITHOUT BUTTER. And sometimes, on very special occasions, ice cream.) But on Pączki Day, my parents would let me and my brother indulge on the delicious 1200 calorie treats and you would think it was the second coming of Christ up in there.
However, I have faith that even given the utter lack of authentic Pączki anywhere around, I will persevere and find a way to indulge my fat face.
newsweek:
Apparently Detroit Lions fans are so appalled by the decision to have Nickleback — yes, Nickleback — as the halftime show of their Thanksgiving Day game against the Green Bay Packers, they’ve started a petition, which is, well, kind of hilarious. As UMich grad student/Michigan native/Lions ticket holder Dennis Guttman explains it:
This game is nationally televised, do we really want the rest of the US to associate Detroit with Nickelback? Detroit is home to so many great musicians and they chose Nickelback?!?!?! Does anyone even like Nickelback?
Want to sign it? Change.org.
This is important, you guys! Seriously though, there really are SO MANY amazing musicians/artists working in Detroit, especially now.
